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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sri_lion" data-source="post: 4474433" data-attributes="member: 4103">UN council sees no need to punish Sri LankaUNITED NATIONS/COLOMBO, May 1 (Reuters) - U.N. Security Council members see no point withholding an IMF loan or taking other steps to punish Sri Lanka, the council's president said, as Colombo again rejected foreign calls for a ceasefire with rebels."I have not heard anyone suggesting that," Mexican Ambassador Claude Heller, president of the 15-nation council, said regarding withholding the loan after an informal session on Sri Lanka.Colombo has been under fresh pressure this week, from the European Union among others, to allow a truce so civilians trapped in the tiny area the Tamil Tigers still hold can escape.Asked if all council members agreed penalties such as withholding the $1.9 billion loan were unnecessary, Heller told reporters, "Absolutely."<a href="http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP278610.htm" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP278610.htm" target="_blank">Read More >></a></blockquote>

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